FAQ - How do TABLE TOP GAMES work?

Table Top Games are specially written games that can be played by a small number of players.The easiest way to understand how a Table Top Game works is to look at the information below. This describes how Round 1 of the Table Top version of "The Murder of Mrs Whyte" works.

The Murder of Mrs Whyte - Table Top Version - 4 to 8 people

All players will be allocated to one of four teams (Team A, Team B, Team C, and Team D). Each team will therefore either have one or two members. Each team is responsible for voicing the parts of certain characters. Namely:

Team A will be voicing Casey "Catch 'em" Trent (and possibly the devious journalist Sassy Sweet)

Team B will be voicing Laura Woodcock and Professor Eric Plum

Team C will be voicing the Reverend Lidius P Beane and his niece Fleur Rouge

Team D will be voicing Dr. Charlotte Black and Richard Tarragon

Each team will be sitting at one side of the table. Each team will have a variety of components in front of them. There will also be some items in the centre of the table. Below you can see the components for Round 1 of the game. Clicking on an image will enlarge the component.

Team A

Team B

Team C

Team D

Centre of Table

Team A have the Casey "Catch 'Em" Trent Instruction Booklet, a set of Investigation Questions, and a Round Flowchart. The latter is there in case anyone needs prompting.

Team B have two character cards, one for suspect Laura Woodcock and one for suspect Professor Eric Bloom.

Team C have two character cards, one for suspect "The Reverend Lidius P Beane" and one for suspect Fleur Rouge.

Team D have two character cards, one for suspect Richard Tarragon and one for suspect Dr Charlotte Black.

In the centre of the table are Clue Object 1 and Clue Document 1

How the round is played

Rather than have to listen for cues before revealing information, each item in a round bears a blue number. Items are performed in numerical order by the appropriate character.The question/answer/action that the character needs to ask/perform is on the reverse side of the card. Below you can see both the back and the front of Fleur Rouge's Round 1 suspect card.

And so on until Richard Tarragon concludes the round with item 30. By this time all clue items in the centre of the table will have been turned over.

Rounds two, three and four would follow a similar format.

Protestations of Innocence & Accusations

After Round 4 each character has a "Protestation of Innocence" to read aloud. Then it is time for everyone to decide who committed the murder before Casey Trent reveals all in a dramatic denouement speech. Finally the player who has been voicing the murderer will read aloud the confession, explaining fully why they committed their crime.Please note that in Table Top games, the person voicing the part of the murderer will not know they are the murderer until the denoument speech is read.The game should take about three hours to play.